Imagine breathing cleaner air because you and your co-workers, and hundreds of others like you, bicycle to work.

Bicycling to work can be good for you, good for your workplace, and good for your community. Employees don’t have to bike far, or bike every day, to experience the benefits of bicycling. Whether you want to bike or not, we’d like to know more about how you or your employees get to work. Take the Bicycle to Work Survey and enter to win a Starbucks coffee!

Employees who bicycle to work:

Are healthier and happier

Save money on transportation

Enjoy the ride

Employers benefit when employees bicycle to work:

Fewer absentee days

Reduced parking costs

Healthier, happier, and more productive employees

Employee retention and recruitment

Showcase sustainability

However, employees face many obstacles to bicycling to work:

No bicycle parking at work

No place to clean up after bicycling

Dangerous roads

Managers and co-workers hostile to bicycling

Live too far to bicycle

We’re studying how employers in our area can facilitate bicycling to work. If you are an employer or an employee in the Roanoke Valley, please complete this survey and enter to win one of ten $5 Starbucks gift cards. Please encourage your employees, co-workers, and employer to complete the survey too!